"What should we do then?" Xia Yujia asked. "The Life-taking Mountain is too dangerous. We can't go in. What if we get trapped in there?"
Meng Yuanhang shared the same thought. After all, they were only Soul Masters at the moment. It was said that even Soul Saints could get lost inside. How could they possibly venture in?
Just as Meng Yuanhang was thinking about how to persuade Feng Yuqin to move forward, Xia Yujia suddenly pointed at the two fifth-rank guards beside her and said, "You two go in and drive that bitch into the middle area."
Upon hearing this, the two guards' faces changed.
The second young lady was essentially sending them to their deaths.
After all, that mountain was extremely eerie.
However, they also understood that among the six guards, the one who had just died was a fourth-rank Soul Master. Now, only two fifth-rank and two seventh-rank guards remained.
The second young lady definitely wouldn't send the seventh-rank guards, so they, the unfortunate fifth-rank guards, were the ones selected.
"Don't just stand there! Hurry up!" Xia Yujia's face darkened when she saw the two guards not moving and scolded them.
The two guards glanced at Meng Yuanhang. Seeing that he showed no sign of objection, they knew that the young master also had the same intention.
So, although they were reluctant, they had no choice but to go in.
"Master, the two fifth-rank guards are coming, but Xia Yujia and the others haven't shown up yet," Xiao Ying reported. "However, I overheard them saying that there's something wrong with the mountain we're on. They call it the Life-taking Mountain. So, these two guards are sacrificial lambs sent by Xia Yujia."
Feng Yuqin narrowed her eyes slightly and scanned the surroundings warily, trying to figure out just how dangerous the Life-taking Mountain was. Why didn't she feel any sense of danger at the moment?
"Master, what should we do?" Xiao Ying asked.
Feng Yuqin pondered for a moment and said, "Keep moving forward."
She had already exhausted too much energy today, and there was no way she could leave.
Just avoiding the attacks of Xia Yujia and the others had taken most of her strength.
So, even though she knew this was the Life-taking Mountain, she had no choice but to take the risk.
The two fifth-rank guards soon caught up.
They both blamed Feng Yuqin for being sent in by the second young lady, so they hated her to the core. Since they hated her, they wanted to kill her.
The two of them tried their best to kill Feng Yuqin, but they never expected that instead of killing her, they were killed by her.
After killing the guards, Feng Yuqin continued moving forward. However, due to her physical condition, she couldn't walk very fast.
Even so, she encountered a magical beast not long after.
The magical beasts on this Life-taking Mountain were much stronger than the ones she had encountered before.
When Feng Yuqin saw the magical beast appear, she didn't hesitate to take out her dagger and rushed forward. Soon, she and the beast were engaged in a fierce battle.
Roar!
The magical beast let out a roar, eager to tear Feng Yuqin apart immediately.
When Xiao Ying saw the magical beast, a hint of worry flashed across her eyes.
The master's physical condition was not good. She was poisoned and malnourished.
The previous battle with Xia Yujia and the others had already consumed a great deal of her energy. Now, her ability to fight the magical beast was entirely due to her extremely strong willpower.
Xiao Ying watched Feng Yuqin fight the magical beast without blinking.
It was said that when people were unlucky, even drinking water could get their teeth stuck. That was exactly the situation Feng Yuqin was in now.
Before the first magical beast was dead, two more appeared.
Feng Yuqin almost wanted to curse the heavens.
Xiao Ying wanted to use her own power to burn these magical beasts several times, but sensing the master's reluctance, she didn't dare to act rashly.
Feng Yuqin was struggling to fight against the three magical beasts.
As time passed, she managed to kill two of them, leaving only one.
However, her strength was gradually depleting, and her movements began to slow down.
The consequence of slow movements was getting injured.
When her arm was first scratched by a magical beast, the blood instantly soaked through her clothes.
When Xiao Ying saw Feng Yuqin getting injured, her eyes changed from admiration to worry.
In that instant, Feng Yuqin was directly sent flying by another magical beast and rolled to the ground.
Pfft... Feng Yuqin spat out a mouthful of blood.
The blood disappeared the moment it hit the ground. If one looked closely, they could see a faint white halo flashing as the blood disappeared.
Feng Yuqin raised her hand to wipe the blood from the corner of her mouth, then leaped up and rushed towards the only remaining magical beast.
The magical beast didn't expect Feng Yuqin to recover so quickly. A hint of surprise flashed across its eyes.
When Feng Yuqin, holding the dagger, was about to reach the magical beast's face, the beast swatted at her with its paw.
If it had been before, Feng Yuqin might have dodged it nimbly.
However, after such a long battle, her strength and agility had declined, so she couldn't dodge this time.
Bang!
Feng Yuqin was hit into a big tree and then rolled to the ground.
She felt as if all her internal organs had shifted.
This time, she didn't just spit out one mouthful of blood like before, but three or four mouthfuls in a row.
It was precisely because she was lying on the ground spitting blood continuously that Feng Yuqin finally noticed something strange.
She stared blankly at the ground. There was not a single trace of blood on the ground where her blood should have been.
Seeing Feng Yuqin motionless, the magical beast rushed up again, wanting to finish her off.
When Xiao Ying saw this from between her eyebrows, she also noticed that her master was in a daze.
In a hurry, just as she was about to use her power, Feng Yuqin sensed the danger and instinctively threw the dagger in her hand at the magical beast.
Xiao Ying twitched the corner of her mouth. Seeing the dagger stuck in the vital part of the magical beast, she thought to herself that the master's aim was really good.
The magical beast was dead, and Feng Yuqin's gaze fell on the place where the blood had disappeared.
"Master?" Xiao Ying asked in confusion when she saw Feng Yuqin staring blankly at the ground. "What's wrong?"
Feng Yuqin pointed at the ground and asked, "Did you see me spitting blood just now?"
Xiao Ying nodded. Looking in the direction she pointed, she was stunned for a moment. "Where's the blood?"
Feng Yuqin also said, "Yes, where's the blood? Why did it disappear in an instant?"
Hearing this, Xiao Ying immediately flew to the place where Feng Yuqin had spat blood. There was still no trace of blood.
Xiao Ying looked up at Feng Yuqin, and Feng Yuqin happened to be looking at her. The two stared at each other.
Feng Yuqin covered her chest and propped herself up against a tree to stand up. She quickly handed the magical core of the beast to Xiao Ying. "This place is too strange. We have to leave."
Just as she finished speaking, Feng Yuqin felt the ground tremble.
She staggered and fell to the ground again.
Xiao Ying exclaimed, "Master!"
Before Feng Yuqin could reply, she felt the ground tremble more violently.
This time, Xiao Ying also felt it. Her face changed slightly. "Earth Dragon's Revolt?"
Feng Yuqin understood what she meant by "Earth Dragon's Revolt." It was what was called an earthquake in modern times.
"No way?" Feng Yuqin's face also changed at this moment.
If it were something else, she thought she could take a chance.
But an earthquake was a natural disaster. Did she still have a chance of survival?
She didn't die under the siege of Xia Yujia and the others just now. Was she going to die in this earthquake?
Thinking of this, Feng Yuqin almost burst into tears.
"No," Xiao Ying suddenly said. "It's not Earth Dragon's Revolt."
"You know?" Feng Yuqin looked at Xiao Ying and asked.
Xiao Ying directly grabbed Feng Yuqin and said, "Master, feel carefully. See if there's anything different about the place you're in?"
Feng Yuqin followed Xiao Ying's advice and carefully felt the surrounding situation.
Especially the ground. She always felt that something was wrong.
However, she couldn't quite put her finger on it.
Because the slight tremor continued, it was as if there was an earthquake somewhere else, and the place where she was standing was only slightly affected.
After a while, Feng Yuqin suddenly said, "Xia Yujia and the others said this was the Life-taking Mountain. Could this be the reason? But why do I feel that this mountain is like..."
"Like a living being..." Feng Yuqin and Xiao Ying said in unison.
After saying that, Feng Yuqin took a sharp breath.
Even Xiao Ying's heart trembled slightly.
Although this mountain was not the biggest in the Cloud Peak Forest, it was still quite large.
But it gave people the feeling of being a living being.
Just as they finished speaking, Feng Yuqin felt the ground trembling more violently.